OUR MISSION

We keep the arts community connected

Creative Manitoba keeps the arts community connected by providing essential support, fostering collaboration, and advocating for the value of the arts in Manitoba.

Upcoming Classes & Workshops

Explore our variety of classes and workshops to enhance your skills and connect with other people in Manitoba’s active arts community.

There are currently no upcoming Creative Manitoba classes and workshops. Check back soon!

Manitoba Arts Directory

Talent that’s close to home.

Uncover the rich array of local talent within Manitoba’s arts community. Connect with artists, creative professionals, and cultural organizations right in your own backyard.

Discover Manitoban Artists

Explore the incredible talent of Manitoba’s vibrant arts community. Discover their work, stories, and contributions to our cultural landscape.

Hope McIntyre

Hope McIntyre is an award winning playwright and director. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Winnipeg Department of Theatre and Film and also teaches through the Walls to Bridges program in correctional centres. Her training includes a BFA in performance from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA in directing from the University of Victoria. She was the founding Artistic Director of Sarasvàti Productions, a company dedicated to social change that she helmed for 22 years. During this tenure she developed multiple new theatrical works, produced FemFest (an annual festival), worked as a dramaturg for emerging playwrights, and developed community-based play creation methods.
Hope is former Chair of The Women’s Caucus and former President of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. She has received the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, the Bra D’Or, the Women Helping Women Award, the Mahatma Gandhi Social Change Award, and the University of Winnipeg Arts Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2023 she published the e-book The Business of Theatre: Pathways to a Career in Theatre.

Vi Houssin

Vi Houssin is a transgender beadwork artist and drag performer. Her family is of white settler and Red River Métis ancestry. Her Métis family names are Ritchot, Poitras, Larence and Plante, and her ancestors held scrip in St. Vital and St. Boniface. She is a proud member of the Two-Spirit Michif Local and a citizen of the Manitoba Metis Federation. Vi works and lives in Winnipeg, Canada on Treaty 1 territory where she was born and raised.
Her work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Jeanine Turnbull

For more than 30 years, I’ve been both an artist and an art teacher, passionately bringing creativity to life in our community. My focus has always been on making art accessible and enjoyable for everyone—from children in after-school programs, Seniors in local recreation centers, and adult art classes at Killarney Heritage Home for the Arts, United Arts Center Pilot Mound, and several other in Winnipeg. My art is deeply inspired by the natural beauty of southern Manitoba, and I love working in oil, acrylic, and watercolor. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of teaching in various art galleries and studios across southern Manitoba, and it’s been an incredible journey of sharing the joy of art with those around me.

Arts Spotlight

Emma Porter and Jenny O’Kell

Fiction, Short Stories, Writing and Publishing

Writing is all about world building, but you don't have to do it alone! When Emma started working with her mentor Jenny, they worked together on development of early works and explored different avenues of promotion for published works.

Explore Arts Organizations

Discover the impactful organizations that drive Manitoba’s creative and cultural scene. Connect with those dedicated to fostering artistic growth and community engagement.

Urban Shaman: Contemporary Indigenous Art

Urban Shaman Contemporary Indigenous Art is a charitable, not-for-profit artist-run centre located on Treaty 1 territory in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Urban Shaman is an Indigenous led gallery that presents contemporary Indigenous art with integrity while remaining rooted in our diverse Indigenous cultures.
Founded in 1996, Urban Shaman continues to be a nationally recognized leader in Indigenous arts programming and one of the foremost venues and voices for Indigenous art in Canada. Urban Shaman is dedicated to the Indigenous arts community and arts community at large.

Manitoba - Winnipeg

Wild Roots Theatre

Founded in 1991, Wild Roots Theatre is a Winnipeg-based, incorporated charitable theatre organization dedicated to environmental education through performance—what we proudly call "Theatre for the Planet". Starting out as activists, we have grown to offer programming for kids, families and the general public, creating participatory theatrical experiences that make environmental and community issues feel real, urgent, and personal.
We explore environmental science through theatre, allowing participants to imagine, empathize and laugh, all while understanding the serious issues we face. We inspire audiences and participants to be gentler on our planet, giving them both hope and accountability through meaningful yet simple changes in daily habits, with tangible goals. Our programming is informative, realistic, and optimistic, emphasizing community spirit and individual action, with the message that every little bit of help is an invaluable contribution.
Through love of theatre -story, play, and emotional engagement- we elicit connection and real action. We aim to create artistic, engaging and memorable theatrical experiences that promote environmental stewardship and empower people of all ages to participate in climate protection. Grounded in sustainable practices, we are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in all the work we do.

All of Manitoba, Manitoba - Winnipeg

Video Pool Media Arts Centre

VP works at the intersection of art + technology, supporting the greater Winnipeg community through equipment and facility rentals, residencies, workshops, exhibitions and performances, video distribution, video digitization services and so much more!
Need a PA system or projector for a show? Equipment to make your latest and greatest artwork? Yup. We have it. Need a place to rehearse or teach a workshop or put on your next cool show? We can make that happen. Like analog gear? us too. Into digital weirdness? yeah we go there. Get in touch to see how we can help you!
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Video Pool Media Arts Centre aims to inspire curiosity and creative expression through open exploration of technology in all media art forms, focusing on practices that are adventurous, independent, and explore niche approaches to art and technology. We strive to cultivate experimental artistic practices and accessibility to technology through presentation, production, distribution and education while also supporting the greater arts community through our programs, facilities and expertise.
VP houses the largest collection of prairie video art in Canada, distributing work internationally to festivals, galleries and institutions. Our presentation facilities include Poolside Gallery, The Output venue, and The Pivot education centre, and our production studios include our analog A/V studio, The Adventure Lab, and the 8.1-channel Immersion Studio.

Manitoba - Winnipeg